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Unidentified engraver after Goltzius’ “Christ before Pilate”, 1596

Note: there are
numerous copies of Goltzius’ prints made by his contemporaries. Some are in
reverse (which this is not) and others are so well crafted that they are almost
identical to the original and were published in Johannes Baptist Mayr’s “Hebdomada
Sancta Viro Dolorum, et scienti infirmitatem...consecrata. Animae Poenitenti,
devotae, amanti consideranda proposita,” Salzburg, 1677. My concern with this
impression is that it does not have Goltzius’ monogram and I can see barely
discernible initials at the lower right corner. Mindful of these issues, I
believe that this impression is likely to be one of the excellent copies. (See
an example of one of these copies made by Abraham Hogenberg [fl.1590–1656] held
by the British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3238392&partId=1&searchText=goltzius&page=1)

Condition: crisp
impression with a printer’s crease and trimmed to the image borderline. There
is a restored loss at the upper right corner and there are remnants of mounting
hinges (verso), otherwise the print is in good condition.

I am selling
this marvellous etching after Goltzius for the total cost of AU$330 (currently
US$255.27/EUR236.94/GBP205.52 at the time of posting this listing) including
postage and handling to anywhere in the world.

If you are
interested in purchasing this finely executed engraving based on Goltzius’
design, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you
a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Although I have
attributed this superb print to an unidentified engraver rather proposing that
it is from the hand of the great master, Goltzius, when I compare Goltzius’
print with this copy of a Goltzius I am bedazzled how well executed this copy
really is. What is most outstanding about it (presuming that this
is an engraved copy rather than an original Goltzius engraving) is not so much that the
reproductive engraver matched each line perfectly, but rather that the engraver
managed to capture the slight nuances within each stroke that give the
portrayed figures the mercurial element: life.